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It was one of those dressing room moments that can help lighten the mood going into a pressure-packed game.

As teammate Evander Kane completed a scrum with the Winnipeg media, Thursday, teammate Tanner Glass rolled up a fabric skate guard, wielded it like a microphone and began questioning Kane about his new haircut, which featured a swirly design shaved into the left side of Kane’s head.

Here’s how the “interview” went.

Glass: Does this sign have any significance to you in your life?

Kane: Zero significance in my life. It’s strictly a design. I actually got it off Google. It’s just something I do. I really look forward to the next one, to be honest.

Glass: Have you seen other figures in pop culture doing things like this, that you maybe got your idea from?

Kane: Yeah, there’s numerous actors, actresses, celebrity styles that do designs in their hair. Some look cool, some don’t. All mine have looked extraordinarily cool. It’s great. Do you mind me asking where you got your idea, cutting your hair like that?

Glass: Mine was actually from a guy named Kamil Kreps, he’s a Czech player.

Kane: I have no idea who that is.

Glass: Great. Well congratulations on the haircut.

Kane: Thank you very much. Congratulations on the full beard.

And such is life in a hockey dressing room, where it takes guts to show up with the kind of things Kane does with his hair.

“I ask him all the time,” Glass said. “He had his astrological sign (Leo) at one point. When it was that thing that looked like Lululemon. We were giving it to him about that. So that’s why I always ask him what significance this has in his life.”

Of course Glass, not exactly Mr. GQ with his pseudo-mullet, should talk.

“Anything a little bit out of the ordinary gets noticed,” Glass said. “It’s all in good fun. Everyone gets a laugh out if it.”

There’s one thing about a hockey room: it won’t allow anybody too much of a strut, too much of a fashion statement, without somebody reeling him in with a good-natured jab.

Being able to take the shots is all part of being a teammate.

“He’s good,” Glass said of Kane. “Everyone has their different personalities and some guys get along better than others. He’s a young guy, but he’s maturing fast. You can see it in his game. He’s playing really responsible. And that’s kind of the way he is off the ice, too. He’s growing up and maturing a lot.”

As for Kane’s latest coiffure, we’ll give the head coach the final word.

“I like every haircut that he presents,” Claude Noel said. “Once every two weeks there’s a new one. So I’m always ready for it. It looks good.”